Melkor is a black metal band from Mainz, Germany, active since 2004. Named after Tolkien's primordial dark lord, their two decades of output mark them as a committed force in the Rhineland-Palatinate black metal underground.

Mellom is a black metal project from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2025. Their sound represents the newest wave of black metal emerging from one of Germany's largest metropolitan areas.

A blackened stoner metal act from Dunfermline in Fife, Melted Messiah blends the fuzz and groove of stoner metal with the aggression of black metal since 2019. The band creates an unusual hybrid from the Scottish underground.

Meltzer is a blackened thrash metal band from the UK, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal's cold fury with thrash metal's relentless velocity.

Melyxylem is a black and death metal band from Aberdeen, Scotland, formed in 2025. They forge extreme metal from the Scottish northeast.

Membaris is an avant-garde black metal band from Limburg, Germany, active since 2002 with eight releases spanning from "When Darkness Reigns" through 2025's sixth LP "Black Plasma Armour." Their mature, philosophically-charged approach blends intricate bass solos and atmospheric calm with occult invocations of total black metal chaos.

Memembris is a symphonic black metal (early); black/death metal (later) band from Łomża, Poland, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.

Memorare is a symphonic black metal band from London, England, formed in 2020. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal from the UK capital.

A black metal project from the coastal Pomeranian town of Rumia, Memoria Vetus has been crafting dark compositions since 2020. The Latin name, meaning 'old memory,' channels ancestral recollection into atmospheric black metal.